Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Technology and me - uneasy bedfellows

So just before leaving for our Christmas holiday excursion I decided I wanted to be part of the Sitstahood - a group of lady bloggers (from The Secret is in the Sauce) who offer each other comment recognition and support. I was going to "join" before I left. There was just one problem. I am technology impaired. In all the hurry scurry of packing I knew I did not have time to sit and figure out widgets....again.

It seems I know just enough technology to be dangerous. My husband, the techno-wiz-kid alternately laughs and gets exasperated about this. I use the computer mostly for email and internet stuff, my cell phone for calls only, and my iPod just for songs. Forget the bells and whistles - just the basic functions for me, please.

Every time I try to do something new on my blog I have to spend a great deal of time experimenting and doing it wrong before I get it right. If I'm lucky I manage not to lose any other information while I'm at it. URL's and HTML and Widgets - can't do them even a little bit wrong or the whole thing crashes. Kind of like when you fill out your taxes - oh, wait - my husband does that these days.

So after 15 minutes of searching for the right function and 10 minutes of trying to copy the HTML code - ta da! It's finally done. Such a feeling of satisfaction. Applause. Applause.

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